Background ABC proteins constitute one of the largest families of transporters found in all
living organisms. In Arabidopsis thaliana, 120 genes encoding ABC transporters have been …

In the present study, we investigated a new member of the ABC transporter superfamily of
Arabidopsis thaliana, AtMRP5. AtMRP5 encodes a 167 kDa protein and exhibits low …

In yeasts, the ABC‐type transporters are involved in vacuolar sequestration of cadmium. In
plants, transport experiments with isolated vacuoles indicate that this is also true. In order to …

The ABCC subfamily of the ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters, which were formerly
known as multidrug resistance‐related proteins (MRPs), consists of closely related members …

Metal cation homeostasis is essential for plant nutrition and resistance to toxic heavy metals.
Many plant metal transporters remain to be identified at the molecular level. In the present …

Arabidopsis MRPs/ABCCs have been shown to remove various organic and inorganic
substrates from the cytosol to other subcellular compartments. Here we first demonstrate that …

The enormous metabolic plasticity of plants allows detoxification of many harmful
compounds that are generated during biosynthetic processes or are present as biotic or …

Despite the completion of the sequencing of the entire genome of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.)
Heynh., the exact determination of each single gene and its function remains an open …

The NRAMP gene family encodes integral membrane proteins mediating the transport of a
broad range of transition metals in bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals. We studied the …

Background ATP-binding cassette proteins have been recognized as playing a crucial role
in the regulation of growth and resistance processes in all kingdoms of life. They have been …